Metabolic theory and diversity gradients: Where do we go from here?

Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1898-1902

  Hawkins, Bradford A ^a   Diniz Filho, José Alexandre Felizola ^b   Bini, Luis Mauricio ^b   Araújo, Miguel B ^c   Field, Richard ^d   Hortal, Joaquín ^c   Kerr, Jeremy T ^e   Rahbek, Carsten ^f   Rodríguez, Miguel Á ^g   Sanders, Nathan J ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF GOIÁS   (Brazil)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METABOLISM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THEORY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEM; ENERGY METABOLISM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 35148830877     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/06-2141.1     Document Type: Review

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